Think about the kind of TV and movies you watch.  How much of it is depressing?  You know, death, suffering, disease, that sort of thing.  If you’re the average viewer, the answer is apparently “a lot”, because depressing fiction seems to be in right now.  Today we delve into the psychology of why.  We find no answers, but we certainly do delve.

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